Odys Aviation, Inc.

Odys Aviation, Inc., doing business as Craft Aerospace Technologies Inc., is a small-business manufacturer of advanced aviation and propulsion technologies that operates exclusively as a prime contractor on federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards. The Long Beach, California-based company holds Total Small Business set-aside designations across its entire prime footprint and competes in the small-business reserved procurement space, with all thirteen recent awards (13 of 13, or 100%) held as prime contracts rather than subcontracts.

Odys Aviation specializes in hybrid electric propulsion systems, high-speed generators, battery technologies, and vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft design. The company's capability portfolio centers on R&D-stage development of advanced aviation technologies for defense applications. Representative work includes a $1.99 million Army SBIR Phase II contract (awarded August 2025, completion May 2027) for continued propulsion development; a $1.25 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II purchase order (awarded July 2025, completion April 2027) for a hybrid propulsion system digital twin covering Group III to Group V unmanned aerial vehicles; a $1.25 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II purchase order (awarded May 2022, completion May 2025) for high-speed generator development for next-generation aviation propulsion; a $1.98 million Naval Sea Systems Command SBIR Phase II definitive contract (awarded April 2025, no-cost extension through April 2028) on Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High research; and a $225 thousand NASA Shared Services Center SBIR Phase I award (awarded September 2026, completion March 2027) for JP-8-compatible turbogenerator architecture for unmanned aerial systems.

Customer concentration runs heavily toward the Air Force Research Laboratory, which accounts for 9 of 13 awards ($3.8 million combined potential value or 46% of the portfolio). The Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command holds 2 awards ($2.2 million, 27%), the Army holds 1 award ($2 million, 24%), and NASA holds 1 award ($225 thousand, 3%). All four rankings — by award count, potential value, NAICS category, and PSC — align tightly around applied research in physical engineering and national defense R&D services. Odys Aviation operates exclusively in the SBIR and STTR vehicle space; no GWACs, IDIQs, or BPAs appear in the award footprint. The vendor carries no subcontract relationships — all 13 awards are primes.

Activity has grown from 2 awards in 2021 to peaks of 4 awards each in 2022 and 2025. Four awards (combined potential value $5.5 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing the vendor's recompete exposure in that window. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $8.2 million, with $6.9 million obligated as of the source date (84% draw). The most recent award arrived September 30, 2026.